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This is a list of Galliformes species by global population. While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the experts in their fields. For more information on how these estimates were ascertained, see Wikipedia's articles on population biology and population ecology.
This list is not comprehensive, as not all Galliformes have had their numbers quantified.
Common name | Binomial name | Population | Status | Trend | Notes | Image |
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Himalayan quail | Ophrysia superciliosa | 1 - 49 [1] | CR [1] | Unknown [1] | ||
Alagoas curassow | Mitu mitu | 130 [2] | EW [2] | N/A | Total world population now held in two aviaries; 35% of individuals are hybrids. [2] | |
White-winged guan | Penelope albipennis | 200 [3] | EN [3] | [3] | ||
Trinidad piping guan | Pipile pipile | 150 - 330 [4] | CR [4] | [4] | ||
Red-knobbed curassow | Crax blumenbachii | 130 - 170 [5] | EN [5] | [5] | ||
Blue-knobbed curassow | Crax alberti | 1,000 - 2,499 [6] | CR [6] | [6] | ||
Djibouti francolin | Francolinus ochropectus | 200 – 500 [7] | CR [7] | [7] | ||
Cauca guan | Penelope perspicax | 1,000 – 2,500 [8] | VU [8] | [8] | ||
Hainan peacock-pheasant | Polyplectron katsumatae | 800 – 2,000 [9] | EN [9] | [9] | Preliminary estimate. [9] | |
Wattled curassow | Crax globulosa | 250 – 999 [10] | EN [10] | [10] | Numbers may be underestimated. [10] | |
Tongan megapode | Megapodius pritchardii | 250 – 999 [11] | VU [11] | [11] | ||
Bornean peacock-pheasant | Polyplectron schleiermacheri | 600 – 1,700 [12] | EN [12] | [12] | ||
Chestnut-bellied guan | Penelope ochrogaster | 1,000 – 15,000 [13] | VU [13] | [13] | ||
Horned guan | Oreophasis derbianus | 600 – 1,700 [14] | EN [14] | [14] | ||
Mount Cameroon francolin | Francolinus camerunensis | 700 – 1,500 [15] | EN [15] | [15] | ||
Vietnamese pheasant | Lophura hatinhensis | 50 – 249 [16] | CR [16] | [16] | ||
Crimson-headed partridge | Haematortyx sanguiniceps | 670 – 6,700 [17] | LC [17] | [17] | ||
Tanimbar megapode | Megapodius tenimberensis | 670 – 6,700 [18] | VU [18] | [18] | ||
Waigeo brushturkey | Aepypodius bruijnii | 977 [19] | EN [19] | [19] | Minimum 977 mature individuals, equivalent to 1,400 total. [19] | |
Helmeted curassow | Pauxi pauxi | 1,000 – 2,499 [20] | EN [20] | [20] | ||
Sichuan partridge | Arborophila rufipectus | 1,000 – 2,499 [21] | EN [21] | [21] | ||
Horned curassow | Pauxi unicornis | 1,000 – 4,999 [22] | CR [22] | [22] | ||
Micronesian megapode | Megapodius laperouse | 2,600 – 15,400 [23] | NT [23] | [23] | ||
Gorgeted wood quail | Odontophorus strophium | 2,500 – 9,999 [24] | VU [24] | [24] | ||
Gunnison grouse | Centrocercus minimus | 2500 – 2600 [25] | EN [25] | [25] | ||
Black-fronted piping guan | Pipile jacutinga | 2500 – 9999 [26] | EN [26] | [26] | ||
Black-fronted wood quail | Odontophorus atrifrons | 2500 – 9999 [27] | VU [27] | [27] | ||
Malayan peacock-pheasant | Polyplectron malacense | 2500 – 9999 [28] | VU [28] | [28] | ||
Orange-necked partridge | Arborophila davidi | 2500 – 9999 [29] | NT [29] | [29] | ||
Rufous-headed chachalaca | Ortalis erythroptera | 2500 – 9999 [30] | VU [30] | [30] | ||
Taiwan partridge | Arborophila crudigularis | 2500 – 9999 [31] | NT [31] | [31] | ||
Venezuelan wood quail | Odontophorus columbianus | 2500 – 9999 [32] | NT [32] | [32] | ||
Udzungwa forest partridge | Xenoperdix udzungwensis | 3000 – 4000 [33] | EN [33] | [33] | ||
Biak scrubfowl | Megapodius geelvinkianus | 3500 – 15 000 [34] | VU [34] | [34] | ||
Blyth's tragopan | Tragopan blythii | 3500 – 15 000 [35] | VU [35] | [35] | ||
Bulwer's pheasant | Lophura bulweri | 3500 – 15 000 [36] | VU [36] | [36] | ||
Cabot's tragopan | Tragopan caboti | 3500 – 15 000 [37] | VU [37] | [37] | ||
Chestnut-breasted partridge | Arborophila mandellii | 3500 – 15 000 [38] | VU [38] | [38] | ||
Chestnut wood quail | Odontophorus hyperythrus | 3500 – 15 000 [39] | NT [39] | [39] | ||
Congo peacock | Afropavo congensis | 3500 – 15 000 [40] | VU [40] | [40] | ||
Hoogerwerf's pheasant | Lophura hoogerwerfi | 3500 – 15 000 [41] | VU [41] | [41] | ||
Chinese grouse | Tetrastes sewerzowi | ? [42] | NT [42] | [42] | ||
Manipur bush quail | Perdicula manipurensis | 3500 – 15 000 [43] | VU [43] | [43] | ||
Mountain peacock-pheasant | Polyplectron inopinatum | 3500 – 15 000 [44] | VU [44] | [44] | ||
Reeves's pheasant | Syrmaticus reevesii | 3500 – 15 000 [45] | VU [45] | [45] | ||
Salvadori's pheasant | Lophura inornata | 3500 – 15 000 [46] | VU [46] | [46] | ||
Sclater's monal | Lophophorus sclateri | 3500 – 15 000 [47] | VU [47] | [47] | ||
Vanuatu megapode | Megapodius layardi | 2,500 – 9,999 [48] | VU [48] | [48] | ||
White-browed guan | Penelope jacucaca | 3500 – 15 000 [49] | VU [49] | [49] | ||
Hainan partridge | Arborophila ardens | 3900 – 5200 [50] | VU [50] | [50] | ||
Cheer pheasant | Catreus wallichi | 4000 – 6000 [51] | VU [51] | [51] | ||
Swinhoe's pheasant | Lophura swinhoii | 5000 – 10 000 [52] | NT [52] | [52] | ||
Brown eared pheasant | Crossoptilon mantchuricum | 5000 – 17 000 [53] | VU [53] | [53] | ||
Bearded wood partridge | Dendrortyx barbatus | 5400 [54] | VU [54] | [54] | ||
Wattled guan | Aburria aburri | 6,700 [55] | NT [55] | [55] | ||
White-crested guan | Penelope pileata | 10 000 [56] | VU [56] | [56] | Preliminary minimum estimate. [56] | |
Bearded guan | Penelope barbata | 10 000 – 19 999 [57] | VU [57] | [57] | Preliminary estimate. [57] | |
Crested argus | Rheinardia ocellata | 10 000 – 19 999 [58] | NT [58] | [58] | ||
Dark-backed wood quail | Odontophorus melanonotus | 10 000 – 20 000 [59] | VU [59] | [59] | ||
Germain's peacock-pheasant | Polyplectron germaini | 10 000 – 19 999 [60] | NT [60] | [60] | ||
Harwood's francolin | Francolinus harwoodi | 10 000 – 19 999 [61] | VU [61] | [61] | Preliminary estimate. [61] | |
Mikado pheasant | Syrmaticus mikado | 10 000 – 19 999 [62] | NT [62] | [62] | ||
Mrs. Hume's pheasant | Syrmaticus humiae | 10 000 – 19 999 [63] | NT [63] | [63] | ||
Ring-necked francolin | Francolinus streptophorus | 10 000 – 19 999 [64] | NT [64] | [64] | ||
Satyr tragopan | Tragopan satyra | 10 000 – 19 999 [65] | NT [65] | [65] | ||
Tacarcuna wood quail | Odontophorus dialeucos | 10 000 – 19 999 [66] | VU [66] | [66] | Preliminary estimate. [66] | |
Chinese monal | Lophophorus lhuysii | 10 000 – 25 000 [67] | VU [67] | [67] | ||
Baudo guan | Penelope ortoni | 10 000 – 32 000 [68] | EN [68] | [68] | ||
Yellow-knobbed curassow | Crax daubentoni | 10 000 – 40 000 [69] | NT [69] | [69] | ||
Caspian snowcock | Tetraogallus caspius | 10 000 – 50 000 [70] | LC [70] | [70] | Preliminary estimate. [70] | |
White eared pheasant | Crossoptilon crossoptilon | 10 000 – 50 000 [71] | NT [71] | [71] | ||
Great curassow | Crax rubra | 10 000 – 60 000 [72] | VU [72] | [72] | ||
Dusky megapode | Megapodius freycinet | 10 000 – 100 000 [73] | LC [73] | [73] | ||
Maleo | Macrocephalon maleo | 12 000 – 21 000 [74] | EN [74] | [74] | ||
Red-throated piping guan | Pipile cujubi | 15 000 – 25 000 [75] | LC [75] | [75] | ||
Black partridge | Melanoperdix niger | 15 000 – 30 000 [76] | VU [76] | [76] | ||
Crestless fireback | Lophura erythrophthalma | 15 000 – 30 000 [77] | VU [77] | [77] | ||
Green peafowl | Pavo muticus | 15 000 – 30 000 [78] | EN [78] | [78] | Preliminary estimate. [78] | |
Sula megapode | Megapodius bernsteinii | 15 000 – 30 000 [79] | VU [79] | [79] | ||
Swamp francolin | Francolinus gularis | 15 000 – 30 000 [80] | VU [80] | [80] | ||
Lesser prairie chicken | Tympanuchus pallidicinctus | 20 000 – 40 000 [81] | VU [81] | [81] | ||
Buffy-crowned wood partridge | Dendrortyx leucophrys | 20 000 – 49 999 [82] | LC [82] | [82] | ||
Chestnut-headed partridge | Arborophila cambodiana | 20 000 – 50 000 [83] | LC [83] | [83] | ||
Crested guan | Penelope purpurascens | 20 000 – 49 999 [84] | LC [84] | [84] | ||
Long-tailed wood partridge | Dendrortyx macroura | 20 000 – 49 999 [85] | LC [85] | [85] | ||
Moluccan megapode | Eulipoa wallacei | 20 000 – 49 999 [86] | VU [86] | [86] | ||
Ocellated turkey | Meleagris ocellata | 20 000 – 49 999 [87] | NT [87] | [87] | ||
Domestic turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | 450 000 000 [88] | no IUCN status for domesticated birds | same species as Wild turkey | ||
Palawan peacock-pheasant | Polyplectron napoleonis | 20 000 – 49 999 [89] | VU [89] | [89] | ||
Siamese fireback | Lophura diardi | 20 000 – 49 999 [90] | LC [90] | [90] | ||
Spotted wood quail | Odontophorus guttatus | 20 000 – 49 999 [91] | LC [91] | [91] | ||
Salvin's curassow | Mitu salvini | 50 000 [92] | LC [92] | [92] | Maximum estimate. [92] | |
Nahan's partridge | Francolinus nahani | 50 000 – 99 999 [93] | EN [93] | [93] | ||
Banded quail | Philortyx fasciatus | 50 000 – 499 999 [94] | LC [94] | [94] | ||
Elegant quail | Callipepla douglasii | 50 000 – 499 999 [95] | LC [95] | [95] | ||
Rufous-bellied chachalaca | Ortalis wagleri | 50 000 – 499 999 [96] | LC [96] | [96] | ||
Singing quail | Dactylortyx thoracicus | 50 000 – 499 999 [97] | LC [97] | [97] | ||
West Mexican chachalaca | Ortalis poliocephala | 50 000 – 499 999 [98] | LC [98] | [98] | ||
White-bellied chachalaca | Ortalis leucogastra | 50 000 – 499 999 [99] | LC [99] | [99] | ||
Yucatan bobwhite | Colinus nigrogularis | 50 000 – 499 999 [100] | LC [100] | [100] | ||
Caucasian grouse | Tetrao mlokosiewiczi | 60 000 – 108 000 [101] | NT [101] | [101] | ||
White-breasted guineafowl | Agelastes meleagrides | 85 000 – 115 000 [102] | VU [102] | [102] | Estimate dates from 1995. [102] | |
Highland guan | Penelopina nigra | 91 000 [103] | VU [103] | [103] | Maximum estimate. [103] | |
Caucasian snowcock | Tetraogallus caucasicus | 96 000 – 201 000 [104] | LC [104] | [104] | ||
Temminck's tragopan | Tragopan temminckii | 100 000 [105] | LC [105] | [105] | ||
Great argus | Argusianus argus | 100 000 [106] | NT [106] | [106] | Minimum estimate. [106] | |
Elliot's pheasant | Syrmaticus ellioti | 100 000 – 200 000 [107] | NT [107] | [107] | ||
Orange-footed scrubfowl | Megapodius reinwardt | 100 000 – 1 000 000 [108] | LC [108] | [108] | ||
Rock partridge | Alectoris graeca | 120 000 – 230 000 [109] | NT [109] | [109] | ||
Malleefowl | Leipoa ocellata | 150 000 [110] | VU [110] | [110] | ||
Plain chachalaca | Ortalis vetula | 500 000 – 4 999 999 [111] | LC [111] | [111] | ||
Greater prairie chicken | Tympanuchus cupido | 700 000 [112] | VU [112] | [112] | ||
Chukar partridge | Alectoris chukar | 2 000 000 – 10 000 000 [113] | LC [113] | [113] | Preliminary estimate. [113] | |
Grey partridge | Perdix perdix | 5 000 000 – 10 000 000 [114] | LC [114] | [114] | Preliminary estimate. [114] | |
Western capercaillie | Tetrao urogallus | 5 000 000 – 10 000 000 [115] | LC [115] | [115] | Preliminary estimate. [115] | |
Red-legged partridge | Alectoris rufa | 6 000 000 – 13 500 000 [116] | LC [116] | [116] | ||
Rock ptarmigan | Lagopus muta | 8 000 000 [117] | LC [117] | [117] | Minimum estimate. [117] | |
Black grouse | Tetrao tetrix | 15 000 000 – 40 000 000 [118] | LC [118] | [118] | Preliminary estimate. [118] | |
Hazel grouse | Bonasa bonasia | 15 000 000 – 40 000 000 [119] | LC [119] | [119] | Preliminary estimate. [119] | |
Common quail | Coturnix coturnix | 35 000 000 – 300 000 000 [120] | LC [120] | [120] | Preliminary estimate. [120] | |
Willow ptarmigan | Lagopus lagopus | 40 000 000 [121] | LC [121] | [121] | Minimum estimate. [121] | |
Common pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | 160 000 000 – 220 000 000 [122] | LC [122] | [122] | Preliminary estimate. [122] | |
Red junglefowl | Gallus gallus | unknown | LC [123] | [123] | ||
Chicken | Gallus domesticus | 33 000 000 000 [88] | no IUCN status for domesticated birds | This is a subspecies of Red junglefowl with attributes of other species | ||
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